WEBVTT ADRIENNE PEDERSEN SPOKE WITHPOLICE.>> MOTOR OIL, CRYSTAL METH,SEWING NEEDLES, A NAIL, ALLDANGEROUS THINGS THAT POPPED UPIN HALLOWEEN CANDY IN WISCONSIN.>> I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULDCHECK.THAT IS MESSED UP.>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN ANDTHEY ARE MAKING IT UNSAFE.>> WHY ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO DOANYTHING TO HARM A CHILD ISBEYOND ME.>> LIEUTENANT BRIAN ZALEWSKIWITH THE WAUWATOSA POLICEDEPARTMENT SAYS THEY DIDN'T GETANY REPORTS OF TAINTED CANDY.>> WHO'S GOT THE BEST CANDY ONTHE BLOCK?>> GO STRAIGHT AND GO THAT WAY.>> TOSA OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS ONTHE STREETS DURING TRICK ORTREATING.DO THEY NEED TO BE OPENING EVERYSINGLE PIECE OF CANDY TO CHECK?>> NOT NECESSARILY.IT IS A PRETTY SIMPLE PROCESS.YOU DONT WANT TO SCARE YOURKIDS.YOU CAN TURN IT INTO A FUN GAMEWITH YOUR KIDS.YOU JUST LOOK THROUGH IT MAKINGSURE THE RAPPERS ARE PROPERLYSEALED.>> IT IS NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY.LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN ARCADIA, THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF THESTATE.TRICK OR TREATERS DIDN'T SEE THENEEDLES IN THIS KIT KAT UNTILTHEY BROKE APART THE CANDY.JOYCE: WHAT A PICTURE THAT IS.ADRIENNE JOINS US LIVE TONIGHTAT THE WAUWATOSA POLICEDEPARTMENT.ADRIENNE, DID THE LIEUTENANTHAVE ANY OTHER ADVICE FORPARENTS?>> IN ADDITION TO CHECKING THETYPICAL CANDY LIKE THIS, THELIEUTENANT SAYS YOU SHOULD LOOKIN YOUR KIDS HALLOWEEN BAG TOSEE IF THEY GOT ANY HOMEMADE

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Updated: 10:26 PM CDT Nov 1, 2017

The Arcadia Police Department issued a warning to anyone who was Trick-or-Treating in the city between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday.Police said someone was handing out various types of candy with sewing needles in them. The needles were not visible until the candy was opened and broken in half.The department wants parents to thoroughly check their children's candy before they eat it and throw out anything that looks suspicious.If you have any information, you're asked to call the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office or the Arcadia Police Department at 715-538-4351.In another case, police in Neenah said a mother reported nails in her son's Trick or Treat collection. Meth was found a child's Trick-or-Treat bag after an event on the Menominee Indian Reservation on Monday, and police in both Oconomowoc and Randolph launched investigations into reports of tampered candy. Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.Give us a follow: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

ARCADIA, Wis. —

The Arcadia Police Department issued a warning to anyone who was Trick-or-Treating in the city between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Police said someone was handing out various types of candy with sewing needles in them. The needles were not visible until the candy was opened and broken in half.